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These are the official project docs. They have been converted from LaTeX and HTML documents into Wiki pages so that the gEDA community may more easily maintain them.
Tutorials
Talks
Various talks and presentations on gEDA provide a good top-level overview of the project for those who are interested:
gEDA session
DJ Delorie did at Renesas DevCon 2010 (the slides for it are
here under “Presentations and Other Info”)
Ignite 5 video
given by Stuart Brorson about “Hardware design and the gEDA Project”
General
These are informal FAQs, HOWTOs, and tips/tricks to help you with the practical details of using the gEDA Suite. If you are having a problem, browse these pages first.
Glossary : Glossary of terms that are specific to the gEDA Suite.
Usage : Questions about how to do electronic design using the gEDA toolset – information which applies to several or all tools in the gEDA Suite.
FAQ-gschem : Questions about installing, configuring, and using gschem. Also, questions about creating and using gschem symbols.
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FAQ-gnetlist : Questions about installing, configuring, and using gnetlist. It deals with BOMs, DRCs, and all that.
FAQ-simulation : Questions about simulating your design using gEDA tools.
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PCB tips : Tips and tricks for using PCB.
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gschem - Schematic Capture
gnetlist - Netlister
gsymcheck - Symbol Checker
utils - gEDA Utilities
Examples
SPICE
ngspice
gnucap
gSpiceUI
PCB
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A very detailed
manual on footprint creation by Stephen Meier and Stuart Brorson. covers *.pcb file format. Remains compatible with current file formats.
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gerbv
Icarus Verilog
Wcalc
mcalc
covered
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covered Report Viewer – available in the Help menu of the
GUI report utility
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Data plotting and viewing
GTKWave – Digital waveform viewer which reads LXT, LXT2, VZT, FST, and GHW files as well as standard Verilog VCD/EVCD files.
gwave – analog waveform viewer
gaw – analog waveform viewer, a rewrite of gwave
KJWaves – viewing, modifying, and simulating SPICE CIRCUIT files